Winter 2021
This issue contains subtle demarcations of time throughout its pages: A presidential election punctuates a conversation between Gabriel Sosa and Danielle Abrams; Jenna Crowder examines a revolution on its tenth anniversary; Erin Genia offers a timeline of colonialist decline; and several writers note the months in which they penned their stories to contextualize their text. Taken together, the following pages offer a glimpse back at how the uneven progression of time shaped our understanding of the world around us.
During the production cycle for this issue, our volunteer editorial board grew with the additions of editor-at-large Leah Triplett Harrington and editorial assistant Maya Rubio. At the same time, writer, poet, and educator Nakia Hill tackled curating a section of Issue 06 dedicated to celebrating Black creators. Homing in on our city, she presents Revel in Black Excellence, which composes nearly half of Issue 06, as a site for Boston-based Black writers and artists to take up space and share their voices. Though the personal essays, conversations, and critical perspectives in this section cover a range of subject matter, their messages exist in dialogue with one another. We as readers are simply invited to listen and learn.
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Author
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Letter from the Editor
Jameson Johnson
Letter
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Letter from the Editor
Nakia Hill
Letter
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To be a Painting: Cicely Carew on What is Bitter and What is Sweet
Mallory A. Ruymann
Conversation
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Words: What Are They Good For?
Gabriel Sosa and Danielle Abrams
Conversation
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Sonya Clark Pulls On the Threads of History
Olivia Kiers
Conversation
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Cristi Rinklin’s Recent Paintings Speak of Solitude, Anxiety, and Hope
Martina Tanga
Conversation
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Tiny Art for Uncertain Futures: A Conversation with Eben Haines of Shelter in Place Gallery
Jameson Johnson
Conversation
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Change With(out) a Revolution: Where Institutions Fail Us
Jenna Crowder
Critical Perspective
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How Cemeteries Are Being Transformed Into Sites for Public Art
Olivia Deng
Critical Perspective
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Dislodging the Cultural Infrastructure of Indigenous Peoples’ Dispossession
Erin Genia, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Critical Perspective
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Observation and Imagination: The Art of Evelyn Rydz
Jacqueline Houton
Feature
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To the Thirteenth Floor: Thoughts on Plastics, Proximity, and Presence
Leah Triplett Harrington
Feature
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Stay Safe, Stay Home: Road Text in a Time of Contagion
Alex Lukas
Artist Project
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Blutopia
Shaka Dendy
Artist Project
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Kai Grant: A Champion of Roxbury
Margo Gabriel
Revel in Black Excellence
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Subversive Celebration: Photography of Black Joy and Healing in a Summer of Reckoning
Jonathan Rowe
Revel in Black Excellence
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Making Space for Gen Z: The Impact of Young Voices in Community Art Initiatives
Asiyah Herrera
Revel in Black Excellence
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Face to Face with Ayana Mack
Jacquinn Sinclair
Revel in Black Excellence
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Home Is a Place Called Bella
Christopher Streat
Revel in Black Excellence
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Embodying Art: The Black, Immigrant, and Queer Body on Display
slandie prinston
Revel in Black Excellence
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On Armor and Empowerment with Perla Mabel
Lex Weaver
Revel in Black Excellence
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Uprooting Truths and Painting them Boldly: In Conversation with Destiny Palmer
Elizabeth TiBlanc
Revel in Black Excellence
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Astro Returns to the Galaxies
Nakia Hill
Revel in Black Excellence
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Wayfinding Exhibition Expands the Critical Possibilities of Historic Maps as Artists Mine Archives at the Addison Gallery
Shana Dumont Garr
Review
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A Dance Between Past and Present: Chantal Zakari’s “A Work in Progress” at Kingston Gallery
Karolina Hac
Review
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Sensing Growth in the Cracks: Beatrice Modisett at Montserrat College of Art Galleries
Lydia Gordon
Review
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